February 2015 Evangelist - Jimmy Swaggart Ministries

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FEBRUARY 2015
FEATURES
ON THE COVER
February 2015 | Vol. 49 | No. 2
6 JOSEPH'S BIRTH AND EARLY YEARS
World Evangelism
Bible College & Seminary
by Jimmy Swaggart
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14 IS THERE MORE THAN ONE WAY TO GOD?
by Frances Swaggart
18 WHY IS THE PREACHING OF THE
CROSS HATED BY THE CHURCH?
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
JIMMY SWAGGART
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by Donnie Swaggart
CROSSFIRE YOUTH MINISTRIES
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30 AND JABEZ CALLED ON THE GOD OF
ISRAEL, AND GOD GRANTED HIM
THAT WHICH HE REQUESTED
32 THE JOY OF REPENTANCE
by Loren Larson
34 CHANGE
by John Rosenstern
36 LEAVING THE CROSS BEHIND part i
by Mike Muzzerall
38 FROM ME TO YOU
by Jimmy Swaggart
5 60th Anniversary Celebration
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9 SonLife Radio Stations & Programming
20 2015 Resurrection Campmeeting Schedule
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1969
JIMMY SWAGGART MINISTRIES
FIRST RADIO BROADCAST
Editor's Note: This article is an excerpt from the book, To Cross A
River, by Jimmy Swaggart with Robert Paul Lamb (1977).
BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 1969, The Camp Meeting Hour went on
single radio stations in Atlanta, Houston, and Minneapolis-St. Paul.
For six months, I made the tapes and shipped them to the stations.
All of the money from my meetings was being poured into the radio
effort, but the response was poor, very poor. In fact, the response
was practically zero.
In the late 1960s, Brother Swaggart frequently appeared with Chuck Cossin on WMUZ in
Detroit. Cossin was the first disc jockey to play the evangelist’s records on radio.
I had been in a revival meeting in Illinois and described the situation to
the pastor. “Jimmy,” he suggested, “you’re going at it wrong. You’ve
got to get up, beg for money and use whatever gimmicks you can.
That’s the only way you can survive financially.”
“Well, I’m not going to do that,” I replied. “I’ll starve before I use
gimmicks and tricks. If God raised the program up, I’m expecting
Him to support it.”
Back in Baton Rouge, I told Frances what that preacher had suggested.
“Well, don’t let that bother you,” she answered, trying to encourage
me as usual, “God has a better plan.”
“It’s not bothering me,” I asserted, “but I have decided to cancel the
programs if we don’t get any better response. I’ll give it a few more
weeks, but we can’t continue the way we’re going.”
In spite of all the facts to the contrary, she answered me firmly. “God
told us to go on radio,” she reminded me. “Why, I don’t know … but
if we have to sell the furniture in the house, we’ll do it to stay on radio.”
I knew she was right. God had spoken to her regarding the radio
ministry about the same time He had spoken to me. Even so, wavering, I continued with my plans to cancel the program.
The next week I began services in Louisville, Kentucky with Pastor
Waymond Rodgers. Frances stayed home with Donnie. Somehow I
knew it was a mistake to cancel the program, but I didn’t know what
else to do. Each night, following the services, I returned to the motel,
walked the floors and prayed.
The sun rose several mornings to find me in that motel room still wide
awake, eyes wet with tears. The Lord was dealing severely with me.
“You’re not right, you’re not right,” He seemed to say. But I didn’t
know what else to do. When nothing happened to ease the financial
pressure, I wrote letters canceling the program on all three stations.
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Brother Swaggart on the air hosting The Message of the Cross program on SonLife Radio (2011).
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»» Jimmy Swaggart Ministries (JSM) has been on the
radio for 46 years continuously since The Camp
Meeting Hour first aired in 1969.
»» Today, JSM owns and operates 75 radio stations
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days a week. The two newest stations acquired
by JSM are located in Bastrop, Louisiana, and
Barstow, Oklahoma.
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in 2010. Up until mid-2011, all live TV and radio
programs originated in the radio studios. After
television sets were constructed, live programming moved to the television building
ONE MINISTRY. ONE MESSAGE. 60 YEARS.
Joseph’s Birth
and Early Years
By Jimmy Swaggart
“And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
“And she conceived, and bore a son; and said, God has taken away my reproach:
“And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son” (Gen. 30:22-24).
When God
remembers,
it does not
mean that He
had forgotten.
Rather it means
that it was God’s
time and He
actively entered
the situation to
do something
about it.
ULTIMATELY GOD ANSWERED RACHEL’S
petition and opened her womb.
As stated, she named her son Joseph, which
means “He shall add.” In effect, this was a
prophecy referring to the birth of another son,
who, in fact, would be Benjamin.
It seems by now that Rachel had advanced
somewhat in the Spirit and had forsaken
human devices, such as resorting to mandrakes. She now evidenced a complete dependence on the sovereign grace of the covenant
God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Concerning this, Stanley Horton says of her:
“When God remembers, it does not mean that He
had forgotten. Rather it means that it was God’s time
and He actively entered the situation to do something
about it. This intervention was to answer Rachel’s
prayers that He had been listening to the entire time of
Leah’s childbearing years. God, not the mandrakes,
made it possible for Rachel to have a son. Barrenness was considered a disgrace. Now that disgrace
was removed by the birth of a son. But she was not
satisfied, since Leah had six sons. So she named the
boy Joseph, meaning ‘He shall add,’ and she asked
for another son. Unfortunately the fulfillment of that
prayer would cause her death (Gen. 35:16-19).”
Very little is said about Joseph regarding his
upbringing.
When Jacob was to meet Esau, Joseph was
mentioned. Concerning that time, the Scripture says, “And he (Jacob) put the handmaids and
their children foremost, and Leah and her children
after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.
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“And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near
to his brother.
“And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him,
and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they
wept” (Gen. 33:2-4).
This occasioned Jacob with his family and
herds coming back to the Promised Land. He
had been away for more than 20 years. How
old that Joseph was at this time, we aren’t
told; however, he was probably not much
more than 4 or 5 years old. We now pick up
with the account of his life when he was 17
years old as given to us in the Word of God.
The Scripture says: “And Jacob dwelt in the
land wherein his father was a stranger, in the
land of Canaan.
“These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph,
being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock
with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons
of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s
wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their
evil report” (Gen. 37:1-2).
Verse 2 sets Joseph forward as a shepherd 17
years of age. It is believed that his mother
Rachel was still living but died within the year.
It must be remembered that these accounts are
not necessarily given in chronological order.
The story that is about to unfold before us is at
least one of the most remarkable and one of the
most powerful in the entirety of the Scriptures,
and in history for that matter. It is a powerful
WE BELIEVE:
JOSEPH’S BIRTH AND EARLY YEARS
»»The Bible is the inspired and only infallible and authoritative
written Word of God. (Ps. 119; Mat. 4:4; Lk. 24:27)
»»There is one God, eternally existent in three Persons: God
the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. (I Jn. 5:7)
testimony to the inspiration of the Word of God, for no man either before or
after the writing of the New Testament could have composed such a story. As
stated, it is one of the most remarkable in history.
Evidently Jacob’s vast herds were divided into at least two flocks and perhaps
even more. Joseph was with the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, while
the sons of Leah were evidently shepherding the other flock.
We aren’t told exactly what the evil report was that Joseph related to his
father, but it probably had to do with the immoral Canaanite practices in
which his brothers were participating. There is some indication that he had
first spoken to them about these practices, but that only aroused resentment
against him in their hearts. While these men were in the covenant, so to
speak, they were actually not a part of the covenant. In other words, they
knew about God, but they really didn’t know God.
»»In the Deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His Virgin Birth, in
His Sinless Life, in His Miracles, in His Vicarious and atoning
Death, in His Bodily Resurrection, in His Ascension to the
Right Hand of the Father, in His personal future return to
this Earth in Power and Glory to rule a thousand years. (Jn.
1:1-4; Eph. 2:13-18; Rev., Chpts. 19-20)
»»In the Blessed Hope — the Rapture of the Church at
Christ’s Coming. (I Thess. 4:13-18)
»»The only means of being cleansed from sin is through
Repentance and Faith in the Precious Blood of Christ.
(Rom. 5:1; Eph. 2:8-9, 13-18)
»»Regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential for
personal Salvation. (Jn. 3:5-8; Titus 3:5)
»»The Redemptive Work of Christ on the Cross provides
Healing of the human body in answer to believing prayer.
(Ex. 15:25-26; James 5:14-15; I Pet. 2:24)
»»The Baptism with the Holy Spirit according to Acts 2:4 is
given to Believers who ask for it. (Acts 2:4; 10:44-46; 19:1-7)
»»In the Sanctifying Power of the Holy Spirit by Whose
indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a holy life. (Rom.
6:3-14; 8:1-2, 11)
»»In the Resurrection of both the saved and the lost: the one
to Everlasting Life and the other to everlasting damnation.
(Rev. 20:5-6, 11-15)
THE PRICELESS CORNER
THE COAT OF COLORS
“Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his
old age: and he made him a coat of many colors” (Gen. 37:3).
If it is to be noticed, the Holy Spirit used here the name Israel, signifying that
what was done here regarding Joseph was totally of the Lord. Many have
claimed that Jacob caused this problem among his sons by favoring Joseph.
That’s not true!
The love expressed here had to do with the Lord laying His hand on Joseph,
while Jacob’s other sons had rejected the Lord. Even though Jacob loved all
of his sons, his love for Joseph had to do with the will of God. While he was
his youngest (Benjamin having not yet been born), still, that was not the
primary reason.
Because of sin on the part of his other sons, there was no fellowship between
Jacob and these sons. In fact, there couldn’t be any fellowship, as would be
obvious. There was fellowship with Joseph because of the touch of God on his
life, and above all, his love for God.
THE BIRTHRIGHT
The coat of many colors holds a special meaning. It was to be worn by the
one who was to have the birthright, normally the firstborn. However, as it
had been with Jacob and Esau, the firstborn, who was Reuben, would not
have this position of leadership. The Holy Spirit proclaimed that it should
go to Joseph. When Jacob left this mortal coil, Joseph, in essence, was to be
the high priest of the family, which the following years graphically proved
to be the case!
Jacob didn’t want to make the mistake his father Isaac had made. Isaac
didn’t want to give the birthright to Jacob even though the Lord had made
it very plain at the birth of the two boys that this was to be the case. Jacob
coming by that position as a result of Isaac’s procrastination was fraught
with difficulties and problems. Jacob was determined that this would not
be the case with his actions. The moment the Lord told him that Joseph
was to be the one, however that happened, Jacob immediately proclaimed
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We have set aside this corner of The Evangelist to show
God’s Plan of Salvation. If you are unsure where you will go
when you die, please listen to what God has said in His Word:
FIRST: GOD LOVES YOU!
“For God so loved the world that he gave His only Begotten
Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but
have Everlasting Life” (Jn. 3:16).
SECOND: MAN IS A SINNER, AND SIN
HAS SEPARATED HIM FROM GOD
“For there is not a just man upon Earth, that doeth good and
sinneth not” (Eccl. 7:20).
“For all have sinned and come short of the Glory of God”
(Rom. 3:23).
THIRD: JESUS CHRIST IS THE ONLY REMEDY FOR SIN
“For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the
unjust, that He might bring us to God ...” (I Pet. 3:18).
“Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other
name under Heaven given among men, whereby we must
be saved” (Acts 4:12).
FOURTH: YOU MUST RECEIVE JESUS CHRIST
AS YOUR PERSONAL LORD AND SAVIOUR
Jesus calls this experience the “new bir th.” He told
Nicodemus: “... Except a man be born again, he cannot see
the Kingdom of God” (Jn. 3:3).
We invite you now to receive the Lord Jesus Christ as your
personal Saviour. “But as many as received Him, to them
gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them
that believe on His Name” (Jn. 1:12).
Pray this prayer and mean it with all of your heart:
Dear Lord Jesus, I now realize that I am a sinner. I accept
the fact that You died for me on the rugged Cross of Calvary.
I now open my heart’s door and receive You as Saviour and
Lord of my life. Please take full control of me and help me to
be the kind of Christian You want me to be. Amen.
If you prayed this prayer in all sincerity, you are now a Child
of God. So that we might rejoice with you, we invite you to
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his position by making Joseph this
many-colored coat, which he would
wear at certain times. As we shall
see, none of this sat well at all with
his brothers.
HATRED
“And when his brethren saw that their
father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak
peaceably unto him” (Gen. 37:4).
This perfectly epitomizes Christ, of
whom Joseph was one of the most
remarkable types found in the Word of
God. God loved His Son and showed it
greatly by lavishing upon Him all the
power of the Holy Spirit. As a result,
the Jews, who were His brethren, so to
speak, hated Him.
So, what we see here regarding this
scenario is a perfect picture of Christ.
This hatred — and hatred it is — follows
down in the church regarding the same
principles. What do I mean by that?
Those on whom the Lord has laid His
hand will ultimately be hated by the
church. As we have previously stated,
this small family, which actually constituted the church of its day, had little
trouble with its surrounding neighbors, although they were heathen.
The greatest problems came from
within, even as we are studying here.
It is the same with the modern church.
The hatred and animosity little comes
from without, but rather from within.
stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves
stood round about, and made obeisance
to my sheaf.
“And his brethren said to him, Shall you
indeed reign over us? or shall you indeed
have dominion over us? And they hated
him yet the more for his dreams, and for
his words” (Gen. 37:5-8).
The Lord revealed the future to Joseph
in a dream. While the dream definitely referred to him, with it ultimately
being fulfilled, it more so referred to
Christ and Israel. He told his brothers the truth, and they hated him even
more. Thus it was with Joseph’s great
Antitype. He bore witness to the truth,
and his testimony to the truth was
answered on man’s part by the Cross.
The mention of Joseph’s mother in Verse
10 is thought by some to be a mistake
in the sacred text, with Rachel already
being dead. However, she was still living
at the time and died shortly afterward.
As stated, these accounts are not necessarily given in chronological order.
By looking at these dreams from the
natural viewpoint, many have suggested that it was prideful arrogance
that had Joseph to relate these dreams
to his brothers. However, it was not
done in pride since there is no reason
to suppose that Joseph as yet understood the celestial origin of his dreams,
much less what they meant.
A TYPE OF CHRIST
Concerning this, The Pulpit Commentary says: “He related this in the simplicity of his heart and in doing so he was
also guided, unconsciously it may be, but
still really, by an overruling providence,
who made use of the very telling of the
dream as a step toward its fulfillment.”
The Pulpit Commentary continues, “In
the absence of information to the contrary, we are warranted in believing that
there was nothing either sinful or offensive in Joseph’s spirit or manner in making
known his dreams. That which appears
to have excited the hostility of his brethren
THE DREAMS
“And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he
told it his brethren: and they hated him
yet the more.
“And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you,
this dream which I have dreamed:
“For, behold, we were binding sheaves in
the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also
“AND JOSEPH DREAMED A DREAM...”
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was not the mode of their communication, but the character of their contents.”
In fact, due to the principle of Joseph being a type of
Christ and, without a doubt, the most powerful type
in the Old Testament, no sin whatsoever is recorded
as it regards this brother. While he very definitely
did commit sins at times simply because the Scripture
says that “all have sinned and come short of the glory
of God,” still, these sins were not recorded because of
his place and position. To be sure, if what Joseph did
in relating these dreams was wrong, the Holy Spirit
would have said so or else ignored the incident.
While the dream definitely had to do with Joseph, as
we shall see, Joseph’s life and experiences far more
portrayed Christ. Concerning the dream, while
his brothers would definitely bow down to him, the
greater meaning has to do with the time that is
coming when Israel will bow down to Christ. This
will take place immediately after the second coming.
That is by far the greater meaning and that which the
Holy Spirit intends to present.
THE TRUTH
The hatred that Joseph’s brethren exhibited toward
him represents the Jews in Christ’s day. “He came
to His own, and His own received Him not.” He had
“no form nor comeliness” in their eyes. They would
not own Him as the Son of God or as the King of
Israel. Their eyes were not open to behold “His glory,
the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of
grace and truth.” They would not have Him. They
hated Him.
REVELATION
“And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and
behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made
obeisance to me.
“And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and
his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this
dream that you have dreamed? Shall I and your mother
and your brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to
you to the earth?
“And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the
saying” (Gen. 37:9-11).
As it regards Joseph, we see that in no wise
did he relax his testimony in consequence of
his brothers’ refusal of his first dream. He
dreamed another dream and told it, as well, to
his brethren and his father.
This was simple testimony founded upon
divine revelation, but it was testimony that
brought Joseph down to the pit. Had he kept
back his testimony or taken off part of its edge
and power, he might have spared himself, but
no, he told them the truth, and, therefore, they
hated him even more.
THE TESTIMONY OF CHRIST
Concerning this, C. H. Mackintosh said: “Thus
was it with Joseph’s great Antitype. He bore witness
to the truth — He witnessed a good confession — He
kept back nothing — He could only speak of the
truth because He was Truth, and His testimony to
the truth was answered, on man’s part by the Cross,
the vinegar, the soldier’s spear.
“The testimony of Christ too, was connected with
the deepest, fullest, richest grace. He not only
came as ‘The Truth,’ but also as the perfect expression of all the love of the Father’s heart: ‘grace
and truth came by Jesus Christ.’ He was the full
disclosure to man of what God was, and was the
full disclosure to God of what man ought to have
been, but was not; hence man was left entirely
without excuse. He came and showed God to
man, and man hated God with a perfect hatred.
The fullest exhibition of divine love was answered
by the fullest exhibition of human hatred. This is
seen in the Cross; and we have it touchingly foreshadowed at the pit into which Joseph was cast by
his brethren.”
and bring me word again. So he sent him out
of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem”
(Gen. 37:12-14).
Joseph was given more revelation through
another dream. Little did all of these men
know, even Joseph or his father, as to how
important this revelation actually was.
In these dreams, the Holy Spirit portrayed Israel’s acceptance of Christ when, in fact, at the
time the dream was given, there was no Israel,
at least as far as a nation was concerned.
The short phrase, Here am I, in reply to Jacob’s
request of Joseph, foreshadows the statement of
Christ, “Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume
of the book it is written of Me.
“I delight to do Your will, O My God: Yes, Your
law is within My heart” (Ps. 40:7-8).
The conspiracy against Joseph to murder him
foreshadowed the conspiracy of the religious
leaders of Israel to murder Christ.
Jacob sending Joseph to his brethren in order to
find out how they were doing proves that he did
not understand at all the depths of their hatred
for Joseph. However, all of this foreshadowed
God sending His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, to
the nation of Israel, even as Israel was raised
up for this very purpose. The difference is,
whereas Jacob was ignorant of the degree of
hatred evidenced against Joseph, God was not
ignorant at all but knew totally of the hatred
on the part of Israel that would be evidenced
toward Christ. Nevertheless, this did not deter
Him at all!
The conspiracy
against Joseph
to murder him
foreshadowed
the conspiracy
of the religious
leaders of Israel
to murder Christ.
THE SENDING OF JOSEPH
“And his brethren went to feed their father’s flock
in Shechem.
“And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not your brethren
feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send
you unto them. And he said to him, Here am I.
“And he said to him, Go, I pray you, see whether it
is well with your brethren, and well with the flocks;
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IS THERE MORE THAN ONE WAY TO GOD? by frances swaggart
THIS IS A REPRINT OF FRANCES’ ARTICLE FROM THE JANUARY 2012 ISSUE OF THE EVANGELIST.
John 3:16 – “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son,
that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
Fallen humanity’s
only choice then
is to find blood
that is pure,
untainted by sin,
and, thereby, able
to take our place
in death. Thank
the Lord, that
blood has been
provided!
GOD’S WORD TELLS US that without the shedding
of blood, there is no remission of sin (Heb. 9:22).
Fallen humanity’s only choice then is to find blood
that is pure, untainted by sin, and, thereby, able to
take our place in death. Thank the Lord, that blood
has been provided! We must ever let it be known
that it was the Lord Jesus Christ who was the only
One worthy and the only One whose blood can wash
clean the souls of men! Death was the price for sin,
and it was Jesus, hallelujah, who paid this price and
died in the place of those who would come to Him!
“For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God
is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord” (Rom.
6:23). Jesus is without question the one and only
way to God! Revelation 13:8 says that Jesus was the
Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. None
can be rescued from hell who refuse the blood of
God’s only Son.
should take away sins” (Heb 10:4). Yet, even in this
temporary situation, God always only had one specific place, one tabernacle, and/or one brazen altar in
which He would accept the sacrifices. His conditions
were designed to typify the sacrifice of Christ, which
was to come. Some depraved individuals throughout history even tried sacrificing babies upon evil
heathen altars in a desperate attempt to atone for
sin. However, Christ alone was spotless, making Him
the only suitable sacrifice for our sin. Eternal life and
salvation are only available to those who identify with
His substitutionary death at Calvary! “Therefore we
are buried with Him by baptism into death: that like
as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of
the Father, even so we also should walk in newness
of life” (Rom. 6:4).
CHRIST ALONE!
Tragically, however, in both the church and the world
today, we have many who are teaching that there is
more than one way to God. These say that as long as
you sincerely pursue goodness in your life and follow
your conscience to the best of your ability, whatever
path you take will ultimately lead you to God and
bring you to heaven one day. These individuals
could make no greater mistake! With all our creature
comforts, entertainments, and distractions, it may
be hard in this modern age to comprehend the dire
consequences of sin. Yet, it is the actual reason our
physical bodies die, and spiritually-speaking, we are
already “… dead in trespasses and sins” (Eph. 2:1).
The reason human beings experience a sense of
distance or disconnect with God is because of our
sin. God’s holiness prevents Him from fellowshipping
with unrighteousness. You see, man cannot save
himself because all men have inherited a sin nature.
Neither can one man die for another. Not even the
death of an innocent animal is enough. In the Old
Testament, the Lord instituted the animal sacrifices,
but this only served as a temporary covering for sin
until Christ would completely take sin away. “For it
is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats
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However, unlike the Jews, we do not have to watch
the fires consume the flesh of the animal sacrifices,
nor do we have to physically apply the blood of an
innocent lamb across the doorposts of our homes
to escape an angel of death like the Jews did in
Egypt (Ex., Chpt. 12). As well, we did not see God
strike dead the priests who offered up “strange fire”
to Him (Lev. 10:1-2), meaning that their offering
failed to typify Christ’s sacrifice. The Lord allowed
such vivid events, however, to try to show man the
spiritual magnitude that Christ’s death on the Cross
would be. It was, in fact, the only way God could
have ever reached us!
A DANGEROUS DIRECTION
Sadly, one of the most outspoken proponents
that Jesus is not the only way to God is Oprah
Winfrey. Although raised Baptist, she has come
to embrace an entirely different and dangerous
spirituality. This is not only sad for the sake of
Oprah’s soul, but also for the souls of the many
she is now leading astray. Several years ago on her
own program, Oprah emphatically stated, “There
couldn’t possibly be just one way!” Here is the
resulting dialogue when a woman in the audience
reminded her of Jesus.
Oprah (speaking to the woman in the audience): Do you think that if you are somewhere
on the planet, and you never hear the name of
Jesus, but yet, you live with a loving heart, you
lived as Jesus would have had you to live, you
lived for the same purpose that Jesus came
to the planet to teach us all, but you are in
some remote part of the earth, and you never
heard the name of Jesus, you cannot get to
heaven, you think?
Woman: God knows the heart.
Oprah: Does God care about your heart, or
does God care whether you call His Son Jesus?”
Woman: Jesus cannot come back until that
Gospel is preached in the four corners of this
earth, so, you know, figure it out.
Oprah: Okay, I can’t get into a religious argument with you.
What a sarcastic statement with which Oprah ends
this conversation, as if she had not been having a
religious discussion all along!1
WITHOUT EXCUSE
Thank God, we still have a few brave Christians in
this world. I’m sure this lady in the audience had no
idea how far-reaching her defense of Jesus would be
that day. And though this lady was right in that the
Gospel will be preached to the four corners of the
earth, according to Scripture, it is also true that even
if someone does not hear the name of Jesus, he will
still stand before God without excuse. “For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are
clearly seen, being understood by the things that are
made, even His eternal power and Godhead; so that
they are without excuse” (Rom. 1:20). “Behold, the
former things are come to pass, and new things do I
declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them”
(Isa. 42:9). God does not fail to make Himself known
to us. This lady was also correct in that God knows
our hearts. If the heart is truly seeking Him and is
repentant of sin, then it is the job of the Holy Spirit to
lead us to Christ and His Cross. The Holy Spirit, who
is God, will never fail to lead us to Jesus! “Howbeit
when He, the Spirit of truth, is come, He will guide
you into all truth: for He shall not speak of Himself;
but whatsoever He shall hear, that shall He speak: and
He will show you things to come. He shall glorify Me
(Christ): for He shall receive of Mine, and shall show
it unto you. All things that the Father has are Mine:
therefore said I, that He shall take of Mine, and shall
show it unto you” (Jn. 16:13-15). Christians should
never apologize for their faith in the glorious Gospel
of our Lord! God is just, and He will always do what is
fair and right in the life of every person on the planet.
God knows our
hearts. If the
heart is truly
seeking Him
and is repentant
of sin, then it is
the job of the
Holy Spirit to
lead us to Christ
and His Cross.
DIFFERENT ROUTES?
In an October 26, 2004, ABC News interview with
Charles Gibson, President George Bush responded
to the question of whether or not Christians and
Muslims worship the same God. He said, “I think
we do. We have different routes of getting to the
Almighty …. But I want you to understand, I want
your listeners to understand, I don’t get to decide
who goes to heaven. The almighty God decides
who goes to heaven, and I am on my personal walk.”
President Bush, who has professed to be a bornagain Christian, also made this heretical statement
in an interview on Al Arabiya television: “I believe
in an almighty God, and I believe that all the world,
whether they be Muslim, Christian, or any other
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religion, prays to the same God … I believe there is
a universal God. I believe the God that the Muslim
prays to is the same God that I pray to. After all, we all
came from Abraham. I believe in that universality.”2
Let’s now look right within the professing Christian church itself. Here is a television dialogue
between Billy Graham and Robert Schuller on
May 31, 1998 (as reported in the May-June 1997
Foundation magazine):
Schuller: Tell me, what do you think is the
future of Christianity?
The list of
Scriptures goes on
and on: “He who
has the Son has
life; and he who
has not the Son of
God has not life”
(I Jn. 5:12).
Graham: Well, Christianity and being a true
believer, you know, I think there’s the body
of Christ which comes from all the Christian
groups around the world or outside the
Christian groups. I think everybody that
loves Christ, or knows Christ, whether they’re
conscious of it or not, they’re members of the
body of Christ … and that’s what God is doing
today, He’s calling people out of the world for
His name, whether they come from the Muslim
world, or the Buddhist world, or the Christian world, or the non-believing world, they
are members of the body of Christ because
they’ve been called by God. They may not
even know the name of Jesus, but they know
in their hearts that they need something that
they don’t have, and they turn to the only light
that they have, and I think that they are saved,
and that they’re going to be with us in heaven.
Schuller: Well, what I hear you saying, that it’s
possible for Jesus Christ to come into human
hearts and soul and life, even if they’ve been
born in darkness and have never had exposure to the Bible. Is that a correct interpretation of what you’re saying?
Graham: Yes, it is, because I believe that. I’ve
met people in various parts of the world in
tribal situations, that they have never seen a
Bible or heard about a Bible, and never heard
of Jesus, but they’ve believed in their hearts
that there was a God, and they’ve tried to live
a life that was quite apart from the surrounding community in which they lived.
Schuller: This is fantastic! I’m so thrilled to hear
you say that! There’s a wideness in God’s mercy!
Graham: There is. There definitely is.
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Actually, the Roman Catholic universal catechism,
page 224, paragraph 847, says almost exactly the
same thing: “Those who, through no fault of their own,
do not know the Gospel of Christ or his church, but
who nevertheless seek God with a sincere heart and,
moved by grace, try in their actions to do his will as
they know it through the dictates of their conscience,
those too may achieve eternal salvation.”3 This is also
very similar to Oprah’s response to the woman in her
audience that if a person tries to be good, sincere, and
loving, he can make it to heaven without Christ. But
again, no amount of good works can atone for sin! It
took the death of a perfect sacrifice!
In a June 16, 2005, CNN interview with Larry King,
Billy Graham made these statements:
King: But what about those faiths — the
Mormons and the others that you mentioned — [they] believe in Christ. They believe
they will meet Christ. What about those like the
Jews, the Muslims, who don’t believe they …”
Graham: That’s in God’s hands. I can’t be
the judge.
King: You don’t judge them?
Graham: No.
King: How do you feel …
Graham: … going to hell and all that.
King: How do you feel when you see a lot of
these strong Christian leaders go on television and say, ‘You are condemned, you will
live in hell if you do not accept Jesus Christ,’
and they are forceful and judgmental?
Graham: Well, they have a right to say that,
and they are true to a certain extent, but I
don’t — that’s not my calling. My calling is to
preach the love of God and the forgiveness
of God and the fact that He does forgive us.
That’s what the Cross is all about, what the
resurrection is all about, that’s the gospel.
And you can get off on all kinds of different
side trends, and in my earlier ministry, I did the
same, but as I got older, I guess I became more
mellow and more forgiving and more loving …
ONE NAME ONLY!
This is quite shocking because the Bible makes
it completely clear that salvation comes by one
name only! Matthew 7:14 says, “Because strait is the gate,
and narrow is the way, which leads unto life, and few there be
that find it.” Acts 4:12 says, “Neither is there salvation in any
other: for there is none other name under heaven given among
men, whereby we must be saved.” In Acts 16:30-31, a prison
guard asks Paul and Silas this question when he sees that the
power of God had broken their prison bands: “… Sirs, what
must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord
Jesus Christ, and you shall be saved, and your house.” The list
of Scriptures goes on and on: “He who has the Son has life;
and he who has not the Son of God has not life” (I Jn. 5:12).
“Jesus said unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no
man comes unto the Father, but by Me” (Jn. 14:6). “Then said
Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the
door of the sheep. All who ever came before Me are thieves
and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door:
by Me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in
and out, and find pasture” (Jn. 10:7-9). We hope that these
confusing statements made by Billy Graham in recent years are
due to some of the medical complications he has experienced
because in Graham’s early ministry, he clearly preached that
Jesus was the only way! However, we must warn those who
would take his recent statements to heart and head down the
path of apostasy as a result of their confidence in Graham.
SIN!
What so many of these leaders have done is avoid the subject of
sin altogether or somehow redefine it so that the solution can be
something other than Christ. In Self-Esteem, The New Reformation, Robert Schuller wrote, “Salvation is defined as rescue from
shame to glory. It is salvation from guilt to pride, from fear to
love, from distrust to faith, from hypocrisy to honest … so lack of
trust or a lack of self-worth is the central core of sin.”4 Schuller’s
statement here sounds very similar to what Oprah described in
Marianne Williamson’s book, A Return To Love. She described
how New Age guru, Williamson, spoke of salvation as choosing to move in the direction of love (light) rather than moving
in the direction of fear (darkness).5 Again, man cannot choose
salvation through correct action; it took the blood of the Lamb!
By completely dismissing their need for a Saviour, these leaders dismiss Jesus as the only way to God. Lord, help us all to
recognize our need for the saving blood of Jesus!
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(http://www.newswithviews.com/baldwin/baldwin409.htm)
2
(http://www.rapidnet.com/~jbeard/bdm/exposes/graham/general.htm)
3
(http://www.christianworldviewnetwork.com/article.php/3435/By_
Brannon_Howse)
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WHY IS THE PREACHING OF THE CROSS
HATED BY THE CHURCH? by donnie swaggart
Galatians 2:20-21 – “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life
which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave Himself for me. I do
not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.”
Salvation
by grace
through faith
is understood,
believed, and
preached.
I HAVE NO DOUBT that the title of this article
caused some to do a double take. I’m sure there
were those who asked the question, “Why would
Brother Donnie say that the church hates the Message of the Cross?” The answer is that the Message of the Cross is the message of justification and
sanctification to which Paul is referring — both justification in Verse 20 and sanctification in Verse 21.
There is no argument regarding the Message of
the Cross and salvation from any true Bible-believing Christian or church. Salvation by grace through
faith is understood, believed, and preached. The
argument is regarding sanctification.
Most of the church today believes in justification
by faith and sanctification by works. Religious man
is very proud of the works in which he engages,
and he loves to boast of those works. Incidentally,
most of the time, those works are good things,
such as prayer, Bible study, witnessing, etc. Some
go to extremes regarding dress, makeup, jewelry,
and the like; however, there are far more in the
church today who are trying to sanctify themselves
by that which is good and honorable than those
who are involved in extreme legalism.
Now, please don’t make the mistake that I am
minimizing prayer, Bible study, church atten-
dance, or the like. God forbid! We are to pray,
we are to study, and we all should be doing
everything we can to have fellowship with the
Lord and grow in grace. However, as good,
holy, and noble as these works are, the “doing”
of them does not sanctify anyone. All of us have
been guilty of taking something that is good and
right in the sight of the Lord and then thinking
that because I do this or that or don’t do this or
that, look how holy I am. Surely I am earning
brownie points from the Lord. However, just
as it is impossible for man to justify himself by
works, so too is it impossible to sanctify oneself
through one’s works. Actually, one becomes
self-righteous and eventually spiritually frustrated
because sanctification by works brings misery
and bondage.
THE CROSS
If one is diligent, he will notice that in Verse 20,
Paul begins with the Cross — “I am crucified with
Christ” — and it ends with the Cross, “Who loved
me and gave Himself for me.” In this one verse, we
see the true Gospel of the new covenant — Jesus
Christ crucified as the ransom for the souls of
humanity. The Cross is not just another doctrine
among many other doctrines in the Bible. The
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Message of the Cross is the entire foundation of Christianity.
The Cross is the foundation from which all correct doctrine
flows from heaven.
or delivered, and the two sides of that mold are justification
and sanctification.
Let me say it another way. It is impossible to maximize the
Cross. It is impossible to preach too much about the Cross.
It is impossible to sing too much about the Cross. It is impossible to talk too much about the Cross. The Cross is to one’s
spiritual life as breathing is to one’s physical life. We can’t live
without either one.
At the moment of one’s expression of faith in Christ, the
same faith that justifies also sanctifies. Therefore, when one
is wrapped up into the gospel of “self-sanctification,” immediately, an anger rises up in opposition. This is because they
don’t believe that Christ paid the full price for justification
and sanctification. Man’s efforts are revealed for what they
are — prideful of one’s own works.
FRUSTRATING THE GRACE OF GOD
THE CROSS EXPOSES FALSE DOCTRINE
In Verse 21, Paul plainly states that to try and earn one’s
salvation and sanctification by his own works frustrates the
grace of God. No doubt, most of you who have read these
verses before never thought of sanctification but only salvation. However, when one really studies the word frustrate,
then one begins to see that by the use of this word, Paul is
covering both justification and sanctification. Frustrate is
from the Greek word atheteo, which means “to do away with
something laid down, presented or established; to act toward
anything as though it were annulled; to thwart the efficacy of
anything; to nullify; to make void.” Simply put, it is all of Christ
and none of man, either salvation or sanctification. When
one tries to sanctify oneself by his own works, he frustrates
the grace of God. He nullifies or makes void all that Christ
did for us at Calvary.
Paul stated in Galatians 2:21, “I do not frustrate the grace
of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is
dead in vain.”
We are noticing a more pronounced opposition from some in
the church, preachers and laity, against the Message of the
Cross as it regards sanctification. However, one doesn’t realize that to dismiss and oppose the Message of the Cross and
the part it plays in sanctification also belittles the great truth
of justification by faith because they are inseparable. Why
is this? How can one proclaim justification by faith but grow
angry over sanctification by faith? There are three reasons.
THE CROSS REVEALS THE HEART
When the true Message of the Cross is proclaimed, it will always
reveal the heart of religious man. In Romans 6:17, Paul wrote:
“But God be thanked, that you were the servants of sin, but
you have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which
was delivered you.”
The phrase, “But you have obeyed from the heart that form of
doctrine which was delivered you,” declares the Christian faith
to have been once and for all delivered to the church as fixed
and complete and, therefore, neither needing nor accepting
additions. Into that form, as into a mold, we were poured
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All false doctrine constitutes some form of man-made doctrine
or rules negating the Cross. Religious man loves rules — laws
of their own making — and when one boldly says its faith and
faith alone, watch out because their ire is going to be aroused.
When one stands up and says it is the Cross and the Cross alone
that sanctifies the saint, then all of religious man’s self-made
rules and works fall to the ground, and no one likes to admit that
all he’s been doing and telling others to do falls by the wayside.
When one says it’s not your confession, your water baptism,
your giving, your fasting, your taking communion every day,
or whatever is being proclaimed, the lie is exposed. If it’s not
the Cross for justification and the Cross for sanctification, then
it’s another gospel, another Jesus, another spirit.
THE CROSS EXPOSES THE FLESH OF MAN
Romans 8:3 days, “For what the law could not do, in that it
was weak through the flesh, God sending His own Son in the
likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh.”
Religious man loves to feed the flesh through religious disciplines, good works, laws, and rules to govern holiness by what
one wears or what one does or doesn’t do. The problem is
that when one tries to do this, something else is constantly
being added to what we do or don’t need. Never forget that
religious flesh must constantly be fed; we must keep adding
to our silly rules.
CONCLUSION
The Christian’s faith is either in the complete finished work of
Christ, or it’s half in Christ and half in self, thereby, producing
a frustrated and defeated Christian. As for me, “I am crucified
with Christ,” and that says it all.
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PREACHING OF THE WORD CHANGED
MAN WHO DRANK SEVEN DAYS A WEEK
DEAR EVANGELIST: I just want to thank SBN from the bottom
of my heart. I was flipping through channels 10 months ago
and ran across SBN on channel 297, and, at first I was going
to change the channel, but something told me to keep it on.
Jimmy Swaggart was preaching and said, “Jesus is waiting for
you if you’re an alcoholic.” I drank seven days a week and was
never sober. If I was awake, I had rum in my hand. On that day in
October, I gave the devil a black eye — I gave my heart and life
over to Jesus Christ — and I have been sober ever since! Thank
you so much for reaching out and having a network because
your channel is spreading the Holy Word of Jesus Christ. It
not only sobered me up, but it let me become a child of Jesus
Christ. Thank you so much Pastor Jimmy Swaggart and other
ministers. Thank you for spreading the message because now
I am sober for 10 months because you spread the Holy Word!
– Maryland
SOUTH AFRICAN FAMILY THANKFUL
TO SBN FOR ALL THE GOOD NEWS
DEAR EVANGELIST: My family and I greet you in the name of
our Jesus Christ. On behalf of my family, I would like to thank
you for all your good news. I can tell you that since we started
watching your mission on TV, we all have been touched and
we ask God, to grow up in Him. We are here in South Africa; I
am from Burundi, and my wife is from Tanzania. Please keep it
up so many people all over in the world can hear, in the name
of Jesus, Amen.
– South Africa
VIEWER SHARES SENSE OF
BELONGING WHILE WATCHING SBN
DEAR EVANGELIST: I have always enjoyed watching your
family’s ministry through Christ Jesus. I’m not going to sit
here and blow smoke at you about my track
record with Christ. To be honest, I’ve been
a hot mess. But the last several months, while
tuning in periodically to view the Swaggart family
express Christ, I have been experiencing a slow but
gradual change. Lord knows that this gives me a sense
of belonging. My only request is that you and your church
family keep me in your praying power through Jesus so
that I endure His growth process. Thank you for your time in
reading this email. Amen!
– Email
FAMILY WORSHIP CENTER WAS A DIFFERENT
CHURCH EXPERIENCE FOR BELIEVERS
DEAR EVANGELIST: My buddy and I took a trip down to
Family Worship Center. We are both born again, but I must
confess that I have been in the desert a long time. I have been
struggling with the same issue for many years. Plus, I had been
moving from church to church and none of them seemed to
really be preaching the Word. Then I found you guys. So my
buddy and I were there, and we got to hear Brother Larson
preach. Praise God! I haven’t stopped praising Him since. I had
been praying every night to be filled with the Holy Ghost, and I
was filled with the Spirit, praise God! God bless your ministry.
– New Jersey
ANOINTING ON “THERE IS A RIVER” SONG
PREVAILS OVER “HIGHWAY TO HELL”
DEAR EVANGELIST: Your song, “There is a River,” turned my
life around. On drugs and drunk, I came in my house one day
in 1990, and my mother asked me to go to church Sunday. I
went into my room, shut my door and turned up my radio. I
was listening to the AC\DC song, “Highway to Hell.” I turned it
up louder, but the song “There is a River” kept getting louder
and louder! Satan began to speak to me saying, “Why don’t
you take care of it? Your stepdad has a .357 Magnum in his
desk drawer, just take care of them all.” As I began to walk
out of my bedroom door, the Spirit of God stopped me
and the Lord spoke to me and said, “This is not you, I love
you,” and I went to my knees crying, asking God to forgive
me and the Holy Ghost renewed my spirit and my walk with
him. I apologized to my mother and to my little brother (for
hitting him), and I went to church that Sunday. I have never
been the same since! I love the Lord and the presence of
the Holy Ghost in my life. Your music inspires me.
– Email
PLEASE DON’T STOP DOING WHAT
YOU’VE BEEN CALLED TO DO
DEAR EVANGELIST: I thank God for you, Evangelist Jimmy
Swaggart, and for the SonLife Broadcasting Network. I listen
to your broadcast every day (about six to eight hours). My
sons and I go to sleep to the sound of your Classic Crusades,
and I love them. I grew up listening to you, “live.” I loved
the Word of God then, and I love the Word of God now.
Please know that I pray for your health and strength, and I
pray blessings upon the church and family. Please do not
stop what you have been called to do because it is effective,
important, and much needed.
– Arizona
MESSAGE OF THE CROSS, MINISTRY HAS
MONUMENTAL IMPACT ON BELIEVERS
DEAR EVANGELIST: I’m not much of a letter writer, yet I
felt it so very necessary to let you know the great impact of
this mandate which God has given you. Reverend Swaggart,
the Message of the Cross is far more than what any earthly
being can imagine or comprehend. The impact which you
have had on believers (the church world), whether they admit
it or not, has been monumental! May God bless you.
– Illinois
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AND JABEZ CALLED ON THE GOD OF ISRAEL, AND GOD
GRANTED HIM THAT WHICH HE REQUESTED by gabriel swaggart
I Chronicles 4:9-10 – “And Jabez was more honorable than his brethren: and his
mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bore him with sorrow. And Jabez
called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that you would bless me indeed, and enlarge
my coast, and that Your hand might be with me, and that You would keep me from
evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.”
He would allow
these events to
turn him toward
the Lord, for it was
only the Lord who
could change that
curse and turn it
into a blessing.
THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THE
birth of Jabez were anything but stellar. When
one looks at his life, his very name means “he
makes me to sorrow,” which means that his
mother could not properly care for him, or else,
she did not want him. Either way, just by the very
meaning of his name, those circumstances would
follow him for the rest of his existence. This could
have destroyed Jabez, but thankfully, he refused
to let life’s events dictate his outcome, but he
would allow these events to turn him toward the
Lord, for it was only the Lord who could change
that curse and turn it into a blessing. Many times,
the uncertainty of life will bring about situations
that would cause us to run away from the Lord,
but if we apply that which we read in the life of
Jabez and allow the events of our lives to bring
us closer to the Lord, then He can turn those
negatives into a positive. I like to say it like this:
only God can take our wrong, put it into His right,
and make everything alright.
Spirit made this statement is that Jabez did what
we all should do in the time of adversity — he
called on the God of Israel. That word called
simply means “to proclaim or praise the excellency of Yahweh, to worship Yahweh, or to
summon Yahweh by name for help.” When
faced with adverse circumstances, much of the
world calls on a bottle or looks for a pill to suspend reality. However, as a believer, we have
the privilege of calling on the God of Israel, for
when we call on God, we are guaranteed to
never get a busy signal, and He will never turn a
blind eye to our request. In fact, God is waiting
for us to call upon Him in the time of distress,
for He will not only give us an answer, but He is
the answer, and He is the only One who can turn
our curse into a blessing. To call upon the Lord
also means to put our complete trust in Him and
to put our problems into the hands of the Lord.
AND JABEZ CALLED ON THE GOD OF ISRAEL
His first request that he would bring unto the
Lord is a most important statement, “Bless me
indeed.” God wants to bless His children, for
He is a blessing God. The word blessing means
The Bible declares that “Jabez was more honorable than his brethren.” The reason the Holy
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AND JABEZ CALLED ON THE GOD OF ISRAEL, AND GOD GRANTED HIM THAT WHICH HE REQUESTED
“increase.” That very word states that God wants
to give us more than what we can even ask or think.
We are His children, and as a father naturally wants
to give gifts unto his kids, how much more does
our heavenly Father want to bless us. In fact, God
wants to give us everything that pertains to life
and godliness (II Peter 1:3), which is tremendous
blessing to us as His children.
When I was studying this passage, I started to
look at that word blessings, and I would like to
take this opportunity to present seven synonyms
for blessing that can be tied back to the Cross of
Christ, which is the greatest blessing of all. They
are as follows:
1. Favor: due to the Cross of Christ and our
faith in that finished work, we now have favor
with God.
2. Grace: This is one of the greatest blessings of all, which is God’s goodness given
to undeserving people. We did not deserve
this, but due to the Cross, His grace now
flows to us.
3. Approval: Once again, as we look to the
Cross of Christ, we now have the approval
of God. Many look for approval from others,
but when one has the approval of God, one
cannot get any better than that.
4. Windfall: How awesome is this! As God has
blessed His Son, Jesus Christ, we have the
residual windfall that came upon Christ and
now comes to us.
5. Gift: the greatest gift that God could give
the world was His Son, Jesus Christ, and the
greatest gift that we could ever receive is the
gift of salvation.
have the ability to call on God for whatever
we need, and that is due to what Christ has
accomplished for us at Calvary’s Cross.
WHAT DO GOD’S BLESSINGS CONSIST OF?
To look at that of which the blessings of God consist, we need look no further than what is referred to
as the chapter of blessing, Deuteronomy, Chapter
28. This chapter gives us an explanation of what
the Lord will do for those who keep the Lord’s
statutes and His commandments. This we cannot
do based upon ourselves, but we can keep these
statutes and commandments if our faith is anchored
in Christ and Him crucified. The reason is that He,
Christ, kept those commandments and statutes
perfectly, and since I am in Christ, I am now a law
keeper and not a lawbreaker. As a result, we are
guaranteed the following:
He, Christ,
kept those
commandments
and statutes
perfectly, and
since I am in
Christ, I am now
a law keeper and
not a lawbreaker.
1. “All these blessings shall come upon you,”
which means that the blessings of the Lord will
literally chase you down and overtake you.
2. “The Lord shall command the blessings upon
you,” which means that at this moment, if
we will only believe it, the Lord is commanding blessings upon us. We must believe it,
expect it, and receive it.
3. “The Lord shall make you plenteous in
goods.” The Lord promises plenty, and
the word goods means “everything that we
need,” He will supply.
4. “The Lord shall open unto us His good treasure.” The Lord tells us that we as believers
literally have access to the treasure house
of heaven.
6. Benefit: We, as believers, experience the
benefits of the Cross, which are many. Healing is a benefit, as well as the baptism with
the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking
with other tongues. In fact, we can honestly
say that everything we receive from the Lord
is a benefit of the Cross of Christ.
5. “And the Lord will make you the head and
not the tail.” There is an old statement
that says that if you are not the lead dog,
the view never changes. The Lord wants
to make us the lead dog. The only thing
we must do is seek His kingdom first and
His righteousness, and these things will be
added unto us.
7. Advantage: we have the greatest advantage of anyone else in the world, for we
This article will be continued in a future issue of
The Evangelist.
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THE JOY OF REPENTANCE by loren larson
II Corinthians 7:10-11 - “For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented
of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves,
yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what
revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.”
It is impossible
to become a
Christian without
being confronted
with one’s own sin
and sinfulness.
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THE JOY OF WHAT…?
Many leaders in the church today do not
understand the need for scriptural repentance. First, it is impossible to become a
Christian without being confronted with
one’s own sin and sinfulness. We do not
become a Christian by belonging to a socalled Christian organization or church. We
are not a Christian because we act morally
(at times) or because we agree with the
dogma of a particular moral agenda. We
do not take on the true attributes of Christ
when we do “good things” for the community. While we certainly want to see morality and good works surface in the life of a
Christian, they must originate from a source
that is outside of oneself, and this requires
a born-again experience. A person must
see his or her status as a sinner before he
can accept his need for a Saviour. Unless
we repent of acts of sin and accept the fact
that we are sinners separated from God by
sin, we cannot be saved, and we are not in
right relationship with God. Therefore, the
preacher who does not proclaim the scriptural truths above will never see the joy of
repentance on the face of a new believer,
that is, the joy and relief felt and expressed
by being cleansed by faith in the precious
blood of Jesus. In order for people to experience the joy of repentance, they must first
see their need for repentance.
REPENTANCE DEFINED
Repentance is a relatively simple procedure.
In it, one recognizes that he is moving in
a wrong direction. The conviction of this
truth is brought on by the operation of the
Spirit of God, in most cases, promoted by
the proclamation of God’s Word, the Bible.
When a person, saved or unsaved, acknowledges that he is heading down the wrong
road, stops, turns, and heads in the opposite
direction, he has repented.
THE STRENGTH TO CONTINUE
IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
Repentance itself does not bring the supernatural strength to maintain walking in the
right direction. Strength for our walk can
only come when we maintain the proper
object of faith. As we continue to trust exclusively in the finished work of Christ, the grace
and strength needed to continue in the
THE JOY OF REPENTANCE
right direction comes from God
through the person of the Holy
Spirit. Without faith in the Cross,
the individual Christian will be
constantly repenting (we should
thank God always for this option
expressed in I John 1:9). He will
come under conviction, head the
right way, and find that he doesn’t
have the wherewithal to continue.
That strength only comes through
faith in the Cross. Does a person
who fails in the same area again
and again truly repent? In most
cases, I sincerely believe so!
However, without faith in the right
object — the Cross — he will succumb to the pull to turn again to
the wrong direction.
THE BENEFITS OF REPENTANCE
The scripture verses above state the benefits of repentance in the life of a believer. There
are seven in all:
1. Carefulness means there is a new eagerness to do that which is right.
2. Clearing of yourselves indicates the removal of the guilt, stain, and weight of sins past.
3. Indignation indicates that the believer is much displeased with his past action or activity.
4. Fear indicates that a proper reverence for God has been restored.
5. Vehement desire indicates a great desire to act right.
6. Zeal indicates that a fresh zealousness for right living has surfaced in the heart.
7. Revenge here speaks of the believer’s attitude toward acts of sin.
He is trusting God to retaliate against the sin that destroyed him and to restore what was
lost due to sin. A preacher who does not understand these benefits withholds them from
his congregation when he refuses to preach against sin. We must rebuke sin and point
believers to the strength to overcome sin — faith in the Cross of Christ!
Why WEBC&S?
“In
“ the fall of 2013, I took the Life of Christ
class, taught by Professor Bob Cornell.
Toward the end of the semester, we began
learning about Jesus’ crucifixion and all
that He suffered — from Gethsemane until
His death. We learned about the stripes
that He received and the crown of thorns
He had to wear. Understanding how much
Jesus suffered for me made me realize how
little I deserve what He has done for me.
It revealed to me how much He loves me
because He wasn’t obligated to die for me;
He chose to die for me.”
Danielle west virginia
P.O. Box 262550 | Baton Rouge, LA 70826-2550
225.768.3890 | [email protected] | www.webc.edu
DANIELLE (left) WITH PROFESSOR BOB CORNELL
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CHANGE by john rosenstern
BY 2050, ALMOST ONE-THIRD of the population of the United States will be older than 60 years old. Economists ask, “What
does an aging population mean for a nation’s productivity, innovation, and savings?” What is ignored is the effect of our
aging population on fundamental Christian beliefs. Since the founding of America and its framers, who espoused godliness
and moral living with Christianity, there has been an effort by reformists, now called progressives, to remove any semblance
of Christianity from society. America’s public educational system is the battleground for the minds of our youth. Governmental education seeks to abolish and expunge any Christian expression by treating it as profanity. How did this all begin?
At the time
of American
independence,
the best-selling
book was the
Bible. The second
most popular
book was John
Cotton’s Spiritual
Milk for Babes,
the first children’s
book published
in America.
EARLY AMERICAN EDUCATION
Early American education was largely a private
issue. Education was under the control of the
church. America’s oldest universities were started
by preachers and churches. Harvard was founded
in 1636 by the Puritans.
The university’s “Rules and Precepts” stated: “Let
every student be plainly instructed, and earnestly
pressed to consider well, the main end of his life
and studies is, to know God and Jesus Christ
which is eternal life and therefore lay Christ at
the bottom, as the only foundation of all sound
knowledge and learning.”
Harvard’s original seal states upon it, “Truth for
Christ and the Church.” Yale was established
in 1701 with a stated goal that “every student
shall consider the main end of his study to wit
to know God in Jesus Christ and answerably to
lead a godly, sober life.” William and Mary was
founded to supply the church of Virginia “with
a seminary of ministers” that the “Christian faith
may be propagated.” John Knox Witherspoon
was a Scots Presbyterian minister and a signatory
of the United States Declaration of Independence
as a representative of New Jersey. Because of
him, Princeton became known as the seedbed of
revolution. Princeton had as one of its founding
statements, “Cursed is all learning that is contrary
to the cross of Christ.” Columbia, previously known
as King’s College, had as its purpose to “inculcate
upon students’ tender minds the great principles
of Christianity and morality.”
At the time of American independence, the bestselling book was the Bible. The second most popular book was John Cotton’s Spiritual Milk for Babes,
the first children’s book published in America. How
things did quickly change from a God-fearing,
Jesus-loving society to a nation accepting an atheist like John Dewey, who was called “the architect
of modern education.” Dewey would say, “There
is no God, and there is no soul. Hence, there are
no needs for the props of traditional religion.”
EDUCATION AND THE CONSTITUTION
The matter of education was left to the states by
the Founding Fathers. The subject of education
is absent from the body of the Constitution of the
United States. The Tenth Amendment gave the
states power to handle education.
The Tenth Amendment states: “The powers not
delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved
to the States respectively, or to the people.”
Government-controlled education began in
Boston in 1817. Lobbyists contended that poor
families were unable to afford private schooling for
their children. Public school advocates pushed for
a publicly funded school system in lieu of the fact
that 96 percent of Boston’s children were in school,
even though there were no truancy laws. The
battle raged on for over 30 years as public school
advocates persisted toward a “tax-supported,
publicly controlled and directed, nonsectarian
common school system.” In the 1850s, the decen-
CHANGE
tralized educational system that demonstrated great results was
affected by the governmental schools that began to wipe out
sponsors who could not simultaneously support them while
paying taxes to support the public school system. The idea that
a governmental school would increase enrollment and become
a safety net so that poor children could go to school turned out
to be the first step in removing Christian influence in education. Governmental education funded by tax dollars gradually
achieved its goal of removing religious education and replaced
it with humanism. The effort to systematically destroy Christian
influence in education initially came from Horace Mann. His
goal of centralizing education became a reality through his
efforts to establish the Massachusetts Board of Education.
Mann supported the idea of social engineering. He believed
that the governmental schools would provide the mechanism
to create a society in which crimes would be eliminated. It was
during Mann’s tenure that the seeds of secularism were planted
in the educational system, and the idea of religious instruction
would be left to the parents at home.
LAWS OF CHANGE
The landmark decision by the Supreme Court in the case of
Everson v. Board of Education (1947) opened wide the door
for public schools to strip Christianity from public schools.
The case was the result of Arch Everson filing a lawsuit against
Ewing Twp to prevent state taxes from being used to transport
parochial students to their Catholic school in Trenton, New
Jersey. Justice Hugo Black took Thomas Jefferson’s “wall
of separation” statement out of context and gave it its first
precedent for future church and state jurisprudence. Black
claimed the First Amendment “has erected a wall between
church and state. That must be kept high and impregnable. We
could not approve the slightest breach.” This meant that from
that day forward, the separation of church and state would be
applied to all aspects of government, not just the federal level.
Several key factors in Justice Black’s background may have
inclined him to rule unfavorably against religion. It is a known
fact that Justice Black was a member of the Ku Klux Klan. He
was not a practicing Christian, and the evidence shows that
he did not believe in the supernatural aspects of Christianity.
This evidence supports a conclusion that Justice Black was
prejudiced against religion in his decision in Everson v. Board
of Education and engaged in judicial activism.
WALL OF SEPARATION
The Danbury Baptist Association wrote to President Thomas
Jefferson in 1801, and in the president’s reply, he coined the
phrase “a wall of separation between church and state” in
assuring the Baptists that government would not interfere
with their religious freedoms recently guaranteed by the Bill
of Rights. The phrase, “a wall of separation between church
and state,” cannot be found in the Constitution or any other
founding documents. Justice Black made a decision that was
based on a quote from the response letter Jefferson wrote
back to Danbury Baptist Association.
What the First Amendment says is: “Congress shall make no
law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the
free exercise thereof.”
Thomas Jefferson and the Founding Fathers knew the intension
of the First Amendment was simply to prevent the establishment of a single denomination. The letter sent to Jefferson
by Danbury expressed their concern that the guarantee of the
“free exercise of religion” appeared in the First Amendment.
To them, this suggested that the right to religious freedom
was a government-granted right rather than a God-granted
right. Their concern, as should be ours, was that someday the
government might try to regulate religious expression. A court
declared in 1799: “By our form of government, the Christian
religion is the stablished religion; and all its sects and denominations of Christians are placed on the same and equal footing.”
The misapplication and distortion by Justice Black of Jefferson’s response phrase “a wall of separation between church
and state” gave license to all in government to use the new
philosophy of the court to abolish Christianity from the public
sector. The eight words within Jefferson’s letter to Danbury
have become a mantra often repeated enough for the masses
to believe it as though this is what the founders desired. The
unconstitutional phrase was used successfully in the case of
Engel v. Vitale — the case that struck down school prayer. The
court also redefined the word church in their ruling. Up until
1962, the word church, as used in the phrase “separation of
church and state,” was defined to mean a federally established
denomination. From 1962, the word church would now mean “a
religious activity in public.” Prayer was considered an activity
in public and, therefore, deemed unconstitutional based on
the new meaning. The meaning of the First Amendment was
altered by the courts. Within a year after prayer was successfully removed from schools by the court, two more cases also
eliminated Bible reading, Bible classes, and instruction. This
was a great departure from our founders.
NOW WHAT?
Christian education was replaced with humanism and psychology. Have the changes in our schools helped our society? Is
moral evolution working to improve humanity, or has it been
our demise in America? We will continue our discussion on
education next month. Satan knows that if he can get the
minds of our youth while they are impressionable, he can then
plant seeds of doubt and foster rebellion against Christianity.
The Bible teaches us in Proverbs 22:6: “Train up a child in the way
he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”
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LEAVING THE CROSS BEHIND part i by mike muzzerall
SAD TO SAY, THE Message of the Cross is viewed by most of Christianity as a simple foundational teaching
meant only to introduce Christianity to the initiate. They maintain that once you have begun to mature in
Christ, you must leave the principles of the doctrine of Christ behind. In their attempt to support this view,
they look to Hebrews 6:1-2. They feel justified in leaving the Cross behind.
WHAT DOES HEBREWS 6:1-2 REALLY MEAN?
THE JUDAIC SYSTEM IN VERSE 2
“Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ,
(speaks of the ‘first principles,’ which refers to the Old
Testament; Christ is the centerpiece of the entirety of the
Bible), let us go on unto perfection (speaks of the New
Testament sacrifice, the Lord Jesus, and the testament He
inaugurated with His work on the Cross); not laying again
the foundation of repentance from dead works (refers to
these Jewish Christians going back to the old sacrificial
system, etc.), and of faith toward God (refers to faith toward
God in the realm of the Old Testament way, which God
will not accept now inasmuch as Jesus has fulfilled the Old
Testament law)” (Heb. 6:1, The Expositor’s Study Bible).
This seems self-explanatory. So you would think. However,
there are those opposing the Message of the Cross who
still maintain that these verses instruct us to leave behind
the Message of the Cross.
The doctrines listed in Hebrews 6:2 do not refer to Christian
doctrine, but they refer to the Judaic interpretation and
usage of these doctrines to obtain acceptance with God.
The plural baptismon “by itself does not mean specifically
Christian baptism either in this epistle (Heb 9:10) or elsewhere
(Mk. 7:4), but ablutions or immersions such as the mystery
religions and the Jewish cultus required for initiates, proselytes, and worshippers in general” (Moffatt) (Robertson’s
Word Studies). According to The Expositor’s Study Bible, the
laying on of hands refers to the Levitical offerings where a
person would lay his hands on the animal to be sacrificed for
association and substitution. The resurrection here speaks
of the incomplete understanding of Judaism in reference to
the resurrection and of eternal judgment.
WHAT ABOUT THE RESURRECTION?
All of these doctrines are fulfilled in Christ. We no longer
attempt to please God through ordinances and laws but
through the completed work of Calvary. “Then said he, Lo, I
come to do your will, O God. He takes away the first, that he
may establish the second. By the which will we are sanctified
through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all”
(Heb. 10:9-10). Leaving the Cross behind and going onward
means that you have reckoned what Christ accomplished
at Calvary as no longer necessary. My friend, just as Jesus
Christ is the central theme of the Bible (the Christocentric
theme), the Message of the Cross is the central theme of
all New Testament doctrines pertaining to righteousness
(Crossocentric theme), if not the whole New Testament.
You cannot grammatically separate Verse 2 of Hebrews 6
from Verse 1. This is a continuation of the list started in Verse
1. In Verse 2, we have “the doctrine of baptisms, laying on of
hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.”
If we are to believe that the writer is advocating that we no
longer preach and teach the Message of the Cross, then we
are to also believe that we are to no longer preach and teach
about the resurrection. Without the resurrection, there is no
Christianity. Likewise, without the Cross, there is no Christianity. The death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ
separate true Christianity from all other religions!
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said essentially the same thing. “We’ll lower the rates
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the station.”
The third person, Warren Roberts, didn’t even call. He
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was cancelling the program because of a lack of response.
“Folks, I don’t feel the program ought to be cancelled,” he
insisted, “and even if Brother Swaggart wants to cancel, I’ll
play the same tapes over and over until they wear out. If
you want the program to stay on, I want you to write him.”
Three days later, Frances found a mailbag the postman had left on our front porch. She brought it into
the house and with the help of a girl we had previously
hired to type a few letters, they opened the pouch. It
contained 900 letters and about $3,000 in donations for
the radio program.
That afternoon, I called home to check on my family.
“I’ve got something to tell you,” Frances announced
cheerfully.
“What’s that?” I asked, curious about her cheerfulness.
“Well, over 900 letters and something like $3,000 came in
the mail today for the program,” she cried joyfully.
I was stunned by the news. That was the last thing in
the world I thought she might tell me. I broke down and
bawled over the phone. “Oh, that’s God,” I sobbed,
“that’s God.”
“There’s no doubt about it,” Frances replied, “God wanted
us on radio and He performed a miracle to prove it.”
At that moment I made up my mind to stay on radio. I
began making plans to succeed, instead of fail. That
miracle turned me around and changed my attitude in
the process. I was there to sink or swim with the radio
program. I realized, as never before, the formula for success was simply to follow God’s direction.
Jimmy Swaggart
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